Ostella Or the Faction of Love and Beauty Reconcil'd By I. T. [i.e. John Tatham] |
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To Ostella my Choice.
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To Ostella my Choice.
I would not Wed the Creature that desires
to know the secrets of the Marriage Bed,
And to repell the fury of her fires,
forsooth in all haste must be Married.
to know the secrets of the Marriage Bed,
And to repell the fury of her fires,
forsooth in all haste must be Married.
Nor she who by her Parents Cruelty
is made to loath her self, and cares not how
Shee is bestow'd to Joy or Misery,
ne're minding Love nor marriage strickt vow.
is made to loath her self, and cares not how
Shee is bestow'd to Joy or Misery,
ne're minding Love nor marriage strickt vow.
Nor she that hath to any been a Stale,
and now with frantick Resolution swears,
The next that comes to Court her shal prevail:
Oh such a Piece would lug Love by the Ears.
and now with frantick Resolution swears,
The next that comes to Court her shal prevail:
Oh such a Piece would lug Love by the Ears.
Nor she that would be Wed to be made fine,
thinking Content should her Attendant be,
Beleeving not to want what ere was mine:
faith such a Piece doth love her self not me.
thinking Content should her Attendant be,
Beleeving not to want what ere was mine:
faith such a Piece doth love her self not me.
Nor your half, Matron of some thirty five,
whose in good law, and good-sooths have worn out
Her lips and teeth, whose Heart is but a Sive,
as fast as Love creeps in, it goeth out.
whose in good law, and good-sooths have worn out
Her lips and teeth, whose Heart is but a Sive,
as fast as Love creeps in, it goeth out.
Nor the Green-piece that weds for the Ring sake,
and other pritty things belonging to't
That man that hath her must her Babies make,
and have a fool and thousand Plagues to boot,
and other pritty things belonging to't
That man that hath her must her Babies make,
and have a fool and thousand Plagues to boot,
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Nor yet the serious Soul that doth imploy
her whole day at her Work, or pries into
The Cooks affairs, in her there is small joy:
Shee'l Love me when sh'as nothing else to do.
her whole day at her Work, or pries into
The Cooks affairs, in her there is small joy:
Shee'l Love me when sh'as nothing else to do.
Now, some will say I can't find such a one
that are from one or all these follies free
To such I answer, that they are unknown
unto thy Worth and ignorant of Thee.
that are from one or all these follies free
To such I answer, that they are unknown
unto thy Worth and ignorant of Thee.
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